To make perfect.

What is perfect? That which is. Life is perfect – we just don’t seem to want to believe it. Practicing leads you to discovering the perfection that we all are. Wow!

In this case, practicing could be a little story about how we can train ourselves and our world through disciplined (eeeeeek!) and repeated times of exploring that which we tend to avoid. Ourselves!

Practicing is a way of taking the time to deliberately listen to yourself and your inner world. It doesn’t matter what you find there – you simply go in and listen. This is not the same as being introspective in that it’s not about analysing and cross-examining yourself, which often ends in beating yourself up. That would be mind-based, whereas this is body-based. You feel it on the inside – in your heart/soul/hara/inner being. (Words can sound so cliched that they loose their meaning.)

I like to think of it as re-cell-ing your soul. By this I mean you put your “soul” into cellular form – finding that mystical part of you that we don’t easily reach, through travelling into your body (Next to the mind, we love to play with the body!)

Another way to express this idea is to speak of it as “going into mindfulness”, which means you become quiet in order to notice and connect with your inner world. You notice your body sensations and your feelings more than your rationalising thoughts (which is tricky, I know.) Our minds have ruled the roost for a long time and our culture idealises the power of the mind. Once we’re sick and tired of the round-and-round habit of mind, we might decide to try something less stressful.

I find it really helps to do this inner work with someone else, which is why I offer sessions to explore the idea and to introduce people to how it may feel. We spend time enjoying the practice with the inspiration of someone else doing it with you. Tantra is a way to practice inner awareness/stillness/meditation during sex. Instead of sex being about chasing physical pleasure only, you use the physical pleasure to inspire your inner listening – your awareness.

How cool is THAT!